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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Remembering Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014)
Maya Angelou, poet and author, died May 28, 2014, at age 86. The American activist was best known for her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, but she was a prolific and celebrated writer, with a career spanning … Continue reading
Posted in American, News, Uncategorized
Tagged activist, American, author, Maya Angelou, poet
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From the archives: Akua Benjamin (Herstory 2007)
“Why don’t we have social workers at the airport? The need is so great, considering that a large majority of immigrants and refugees arrive in Toronto, yet there are no social workers attached to immigration.” – Akua Benjamin, 2005. Akua … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, From the archives, Ontario, Uncategorized
Tagged 1000 Women of Peace Project, 2001 UN Conference on Racism, African-Canadians, Akua Benjamin, Coalition of Visible Minority Women, Congress of Black Women, Lorna Benjamin, Ryerson, Ryerson University, School of Social Work, Toronto, Trinidad, University of Toronto
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From the archives: Abigail Becker (Herstory 1977)
One November night in 1854, the heavily-laden schooner Conductor was driven aground and smashed during a fierce storm over Lake Erie. The seven surviving sailors clung to the rigging until morning when they were sighted by Abigail Becker from her … Continue reading
Posted in 1977, From the archives, Ontario
Tagged Abigail Becker, Conductor, Lake Erie, Long Point Island, Queen Victoria, the heroine of Lake Erie
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From the archives: Lucille Johnstone, “Tugboat Annie” (Herstory 2007)
Lucille Johnstone was born in 1924 in Vancouver. “Her grandparents advised her parents against sending her to high school, but she went anyway, working after school to pay for her books and clothes.”1 “I went to a high school that … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, British Columbia, From the archives
Tagged B.C., Banff School of Advanced Management, British Columbia, Kwantlen College Fund, Lucille Johnstone, Marine Strait Towing, Member of the Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia, Pacific Advisory Regional Council of Fisheries and Oceans, River Queen, River Queen: The Amazing Story of Tugboat Titan Lucille Johnstone, RivTow, Sexual Abuse Recovery Anonymous, Tugboat Annie, UBC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Vancouver YWCA Woman of the Year Award
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From the archives: Mary Cousins (Herstory 1974)
Featured in the 1974 issue of Herstory, Mary Cousins (Feb. 22, 1938-April 22, 2007) was a nurse, teacher, journalist, ambassador for the North, and an Inuit rights activist. The entry in Herstory is short, and of course, only lists her … Continue reading
Posted in 1974, From the archives, North, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec
Tagged Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, C.D.Howe, Department of Northern Affairs, Eastern Arctic Teacher Education Program, Gordon Robertson Education Centre, Hamilton, Inuit, Inuit rights, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Inukitut, Iqaluit, Mary Cousins, McGill University, Montreal, Nakasuk School, nursing, Ontario, Panigusiq, tuberculosis, Vanier Institute of the Family
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